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    <title type="text">AM580 News Features</title>
    <subtitle type="text">AM580 News Features:News features, interviews, and more from WILL AM 580 News</subtitle>
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    <updated>2009-11-19T16:18:04Z</updated>
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      <title>New Focus On Committee Of Champaign Police and African&#45;Americans After Teen Shooting</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/ccaapp1199/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.14335</id>
      <published>2009-11-19T15:41:03Z</published>
      <updated>2009-11-19T16:18:04Z</updated>

      <category term="government"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/government/"
        label="government" />
      <category term="Champaign"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/Champaign/"
        label="Champaign" />
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        label="race/ethnicity" />
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        A committee working for better relations between the Champaign police and the African-American community is scheduled to meet Thursday (November 19th) at 3 PM, at the Douglass Community Center.  After a decade of regular meetings, the Champaign Community and Police Partnership is getting more attention, following last month&#8217;s shooting death of 15 year old Kiwane Carrington during a police confrontation.  AM 580&#8217;s Jim Meadows reports on the group, known as &#8220;C-Cap&#8221; for short: - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/CCAPP1119.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>&quot;Extreme Makeover&quot; and the Good and Bad of Reality TV</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/reality102309/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.13891</id>
      <published>2009-10-23T11:41:00Z</published>
      <updated>2009-10-23T11:52:02Z</updated>

      <category term="arts and culture"
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        label="arts and culture" />
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        label="community life" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/entertainment/"
        label="entertainment" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/media/"
        label="media" />
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        Sunday night, America will see the fantasy that Philo residents Nathan and Jenny Montgomery and their family have been living since last August.  The ABC reality show &#8220;Extreme Makeover: Home Edition&#8221; destroyed the family&#8217;s dilapidated home and built them a new one, filled with new furnishings.  Nathan Montgomery&#8217;s creation of the Salt and Light food bank helped get them selected.<br />
<br />
&#8220;Extreme Makeover&#8221; belongs to a TV genre that&#8217;s often pummeled by critics for hype, over-commercialization and lowest-common-denominator values. But University of Illinois media observer James Hay says reality TV has real roots.  He tells AM 580&#8217;s Tom Rogers the shows grew out of an ethic that took hold as the century changed and Americans chose a conservative government.<br />
 - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/reality102309.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
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    <entry>
      <title>Twitter Helps Break News a Bit Too Quickly for UI Athletics</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/tweet102209/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.13884</id>
      <published>2009-10-22T17:34:01Z</published>
      <updated>2009-10-22T17:47:02Z</updated>

      <category term="community life"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/community-life/"
        label="community life" />
      <category term="recreation"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/recreation/"
        label="recreation" />
      <category term="technology"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/technology/"
        label="technology" />
      <category term="internet"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/internet/"
        label="internet" />
      <category term="University of Illinois"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/University of Illinois/"
        label="University of Illinois" />
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        The University of Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team is nearing the start of a new season. But because of a new edict from the coach, you shouldn't expect to get any practice updates from players who use the social networking site Twitter.  Rob McColley of the Champaign-Urbana website Smile Politely reports for AM 580.<br />
 - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/tweet102209.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Citizens Demand Answers, Action after Champaign Police Shooting</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/carrington102109/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.13816</id>
      <published>2009-10-21T11:46:52Z</published>
      <updated>2009-10-21T11:47:53Z</updated>

      <category term="civil rights"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/civil rights/"
        label="civil rights" />
      <category term="crime"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/crime/"
        label="crime" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/government/"
        label="government" />
      <category term="Champaign"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/Champaign/"
        label="Champaign" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/race/ethnicity/"
        label="race/ethnicity" />
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        It wasn&#8217;t on the agenda, but the October 9th shooting death of Kiwane Carrington in a confrontation with police was the major topic at Tuesday night&#8217;s Champaign City Council meeting. Council members heard some three hours of comments from a skeptical and sometimes angry public. AM 580&#8217;s Jim Meadows reports. - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/carrington102109.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>UI History Professor Recalls 1950&#39;s Ouster of University President</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/stoddard93009/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.13384</id>
      <published>2009-09-30T04:55:27Z</published>
      <updated>2009-09-30T05:14:28Z</updated>

      <category term="education"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/education/"
        label="education" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/government/"
        label="government" />
      <category term="Illinois"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/Illinois/"
        label="Illinois" />
      <category term="University of Illinois"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/University of Illinois/"
        label="University of Illinois" />
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        Joseph White&#8217;s announcement last week that he would resign as President of the University of Illinois is not the only time a president at the university was forced out of office.   56 years ago&#8230; the Board of Trustees pressured George Stoddard into stepping down as President after a 7-year tenure marked by controversy.   AM 580&#8217;s Jeff Bossert spoke with Professor Emeritus of History Winton Solberg on both the good and bad of Stoddard&#8217;s tenure: <br />
 - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/Stoddard93009.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>UI Professor&#39;s Innovations Make Him a MacArthur &quot;Genius&quot;</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/genius092209/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.13246</id>
      <published>2009-09-22T20:15:00Z</published>
      <updated>2009-09-22T20:22:01Z</updated>

      <category term="education"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/education/"
        label="education" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/health care/"
        label="health care" />
      <category term="technology"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/technology/"
        label="technology" />
      <category term="University of Illinois"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/University of Illinois/"
        label="University of Illinois" />
      <content type="html"><![CDATA[
        If you hear about someone pursuing their wildest dreams with a monetary windfall, the first thing to come to mind might be a lottery winner.  But as AM 580&#8217;s Tom Rogers reports, the latest half-millionaire in Illinois has worked hard for the reward. - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/genius092209.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Newly Formed UI Board of Trustees Meets, Votes on Admissions Reforms</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/trustees91109/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.13031</id>
      <published>2009-09-11T15:32:02Z</published>
      <updated>2009-09-11T15:40:03Z</updated>

      <category term="government"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/government/"
        label="government" />
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        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/Illinois/"
        label="Illinois" />
      <category term="University of Illinois"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/University of Illinois/"
        label="University of Illinois" />
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        Six people with diverse backgrounds came together for the first time at the University of Illinois&#8217; Urbana campus Thursday, and left their meeting as members of the school&#8217;s Board of Trustees.  The goal for them and their fellow members&#8230; reforming admissions and deciding if the current University leadership can guide that process.  AM 580&#8217;s Jeff Bossert reports:  - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/Trustees91109.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>WILL Connect: The Economy, Tracking New Directions for Displaced Workers</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/retraining082709/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12721</id>
      <published>2009-08-27T11:16:10Z</published>
      <updated>2009-08-27T11:24:11Z</updated>

      <category term="business"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/business/"
        label="business" />
      <category term="economy"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/economy/"
        label="economy" />
      <category term="education"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/education/"
        label="education" />
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        In central Illinois, many employers large and small have downsized or closed altogether, forcing thousands of laid-off workers to consider new options. In our latest report as part of our outreach project &#8220;WILL Connect: The Economy&#8221;,  AM 580&#8217;s Jeff Bossert looks at the retraining of workers.  Ingenuity and government-funded training are giving many of them a jump on a new career, or a better shot at an old one:<br />
<br />
 - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/retraining082709.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>WILL Connect: The Economy, Meeting Those Who Asked for Help</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/willconnect082609/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12695</id>
      <published>2009-08-26T12:44:09Z</published>
      <updated>2009-08-26T16:35:10Z</updated>

      <category term="economy"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/economy/"
        label="economy" />
      <category term="labor"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/labor/"
        label="labor" />
      <category term="people"
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        label="people" />
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        Organizations that help the poor in east-central Illinois are giving out more and more assistance.  But there may be many people who for some reason or another have not made that call for help. In the latest of our series of stories in connection with the outreach project &#8220;WILL Connect: The Economy,&#8221; AM 580&#8217;s Tom Rogers introduces us to people who decided to make the leap and reach out for aid, and people who encourage others to do so.<br />
 - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/makingleap082609.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>WILL Connect: The Economy, Looking at the Burden on Food Banks</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/foodbank082509/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12653</id>
      <published>2009-08-25T11:44:14Z</published>
      <updated>2009-08-25T11:54:16Z</updated>

      <category term="economy"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/economy/"
        label="economy" />
      <category term="lifestyle"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/lifestyle/"
        label="lifestyle" />
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        label="people" />
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        With the economy shaky and unemployment up, more people are turning to food pantries for help in getting enough to eat. In east-central Illinois, food pantries -- and the regional food bank that supplies them -- say more people are coming to them for help, some of them for the first time. AM 580&#8217;s Jim Meadows reports. - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/foodbank082509.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>500 Attend Federal Reserve Roundtable in Decatur</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/fedmtg817/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12484</id>
      <published>2009-08-17T07:03:17Z</published>
      <updated>2009-08-17T19:43:18Z</updated>

      <category term="economy"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/economy/"
        label="economy" />
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        label="government" />
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        label="Illinois" />
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        Officials with the Federal Reserve say they&#8217;re committed to returning to Washington with proposals for modifying mortgage loans, and foreclosure mediation.  But they also want to hear more from communities hit the hardest by the mortgage crisis.<br />
  <br />
In Decatur over the weekend, about 500 people from the region heard from the enterprise that creates monetary policy.  They also had a chance to apply pressure for changes in lending practices.  AM 580&#8217;s Jeff Bossert reports:  - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/fedmtg817.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Richard Herman Says He Intends to Stay</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/herman081409/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12472</id>
      <published>2009-08-14T11:12:26Z</published>
      <updated>2009-08-14T11:20:27Z</updated>

      <category term="education"
        scheme="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/category/education/"
        label="education" />
      <category term="government"
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        label="government" />
      <category term="Illinois"
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        label="Illinois" />
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        The man in charge of the University of Illinois&#8217; Urbana campus says he intends to stay put as long as he&#8217;s wanted.  Chancellor Richard Herman&#8217;s name was attached to some of the controversial admissions decisions based on inquiries from university trustees or influential politicians.  Now the U of I is disowning the so-called Category I clout list and trustees have either resigned or have been asked to do so.  Herman and president Joseph White also find themselves facing calls to step down.  Herman told AM 580's Tom Rogers he still has the support of a broad constituency. - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/herman081409.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>U of I President White Reacts to Admissions Review Commission Report</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/whitesegment/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12320</id>
      <published>2009-08-07T04:51:41Z</published>
      <updated>2009-08-07T11:25:43Z</updated>

      <content type="html"><![CDATA[
        University of Illinois President Joseph White says he &#8220;embraces&#8221; the findings of a state panel&#8217;s report on admissions abuses at the university. And he accepts responsibility for conduct that came in for criticism in the report. In an interview with AM 580&#8217;s Jim Meadows, White talks about the recommendations of the governor&#8217;s Admissions Review Commission --- and the special meeting of university officials he&#8217;s convening on Wednesday (August 12th), to discuss how to implement those recommendations.  - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/Whitesegment.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>UI President White, Two Predecessors Testify Before Admissions Panel</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/admissionspanel72809/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12161</id>
      <published>2009-07-28T06:49:20Z</published>
      <updated>2009-07-28T06:59:21Z</updated>

      <category term="education"
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        The governor&#8217;s panel investigating politically-tainted admissions at the University of Illinois convened at the school&#8217;s Urbana campus yesterday --- and heard from 30 years worth of leadership. University President Joseph White vowed to end the use of a so-called &#8216;clout list&#8217; of politically connected applicants --- and set up a strict code of conduct for the admissions process. Meanwhile, the two men who served as president blamed the scandal on a politicized board of trustees --- and said at least some of the trustees should be removed. AM 580&#8217;s Jeff Bossert reports on the day-long testimony before the Illinois Admissions Review Commission: - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/admissionspanel72809.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Tent City Supporters Look for a New Home; Champaign&#39;s Not So Sure</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/tentcity072709/" />
      <id>tag:will.illinois.edu,2009:news/5.12158</id>
      <published>2009-07-27T23:15:10Z</published>
      <updated>2009-07-30T02:36:11Z</updated>

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        label="urban planning" />
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        The Safe Haven Tent Community will leave the back yard of the St. Jude Catholic Worker House by the end of July. But Safe Haven and its supporters hope to convince Champaign city officials that semi-permanent housing is better than no housing at all --- and that they should be allowed to stay somewhere in the city. AM 580&#8217;s Jim Meadows reports. - <a href="http://will.uiuc.edu/media/tentcity072709.mp3">MP3 archive</a><br />
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